This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2022_V03 titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania". The voyage took place between May 4 and May 15, 2022 departing from Hobart (TAS) and returning to Hobart (TAS) Data for 8 deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 24, fitted with 36 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration was based on a single deployment grouping. The final calibration from the secondary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0013055 PSU, well within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1 decibar binned averaged were produced using data from the secondary sensors. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.65937μM. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. An Altimeter, PAR, Transmissometer, Fluorometer, and Turbidity were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. A secondary Altimeter was added from cast 2 onwards. The collected data were subsequently processed (quality-controlled), and archived by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2021_V02, titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania." The voyage took place between April 14 and April 28, 2021 departing from Hobart (TAS) and arriving in Hobart. Data for 6 deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 24, fitted with 36 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration was based on a single deployment grouping. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0. 0015434PSU, within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1 decibar binned averaged were produced using data from the primary sensors. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.90687 μM. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. Transmissometer, Wetlabs FLBBRTD and Altimeter were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2020_V09 titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania". The voyage took place between 25 August and 12 September, 2020 departing from Hobart (TAS) and arriving in Hobart (TAS). Data for 6 deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 25, fitted with 24 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration was based on a single deployment grouping. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0008174 PSU, well within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1 decibar binned averaged were produced using data from the primary sensors. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.89571 μM. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. Transmissometer, Wetlabs Eco-FLBB and Altimeter were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. It should be noted that the transmissometer signal below 700 decibar should be treated as suspect. A Wetlabs CSTAR Transmissometer, Chelsea Aquatracka III Fluorometer, Wetlabs CDOM Fluorometer, and PAR sensor were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2018_V02, titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies south west Tasmania; Subantarctic Biogeochemistry of Carbon and Iron." The voyage took place between March 3 and March 21, 2018 departing from Hobart (TAS) and arriving in Hobart. Data for 7 deployments were acquired using the Seabird SBE911 CTD unit 24, fitted with 36 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Samples were collected on casts 2-6. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration for each deployment was calculated using the sensors with the lowest residuals when compared with the values measured by the hydrochemistry team. The final calibration from chosen sensors all had a standard deviation (S.D) less than our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1dbar binned averaged were produced using data from the primary conductivity and temperature sensors and the secondary oxygen sensor. The dissolved oxygen data calibration generally showed a good agreement between the CTD and bottle data. A Biospherical photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), Wetlabs transmissometer, Chelsea fluorometer and the Wetlabs ECO chlorophyll and Eco-scattering sensors were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. An IMU and LADCP unit was also attached to the rosette for all casts. The collected data were subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the CTD data collected on Investigator voyage IN2024_V02, titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania." The voyage took place between March 31, 2024 and April 19, 2024 (AEST), departing from Hobart and returning to Hobart. Data for 9 CTD deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE9+V2 CTD unit #24 (S/N 1354), fitted with 36 twelve-litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO-supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration was based on a single deployment grouping. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0014625 PSU (casts #1-9), within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1-decibar binned averages were produced using data from the primary sensors. The dissolved oxygen data (secondary) calibration fit had a SD of 0.78151 μM (casts #2-6,8,9). The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. Additional sensors include: Altimeter (Tritech PA500), Transmissometer (Wetlabs C-Star ), CDOM, Chlorophyll-a, Scattering (Wetlabs ECO FLCDRTD) were installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were processed (quality-controlled), and subsequently archived by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2015_V01 titled IMOS Southern Ocean time series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania. This was the first research voyage for the RV Investigator departing Hobart on the 21st March and returning to Hobart on the 30th March, 2015. Data for 3 deployments were acquired using the Seabird SBE911 CTD 21, fitted with 24 ten litre bottles on the rosette sampler. The Seabird SBE911 has dual conductivity and temperature sensors. The CTD was additionally fitted with SBE43 dissolved oxygen sensors, Fluorometer, Transmissometer and PAR sensors. These sensors are described in the processing report. The collected data was subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2022_V06, titled: "Integrated Marine Observing System: Monitoring of East Australian Current property transports at 27 degrees South." The voyage took place between July 14 to July 29, 2022 departing from Brisbane (QLD) and returning to Brisbane. Data for 22 CTD deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 24, fitted with 36 twelve-litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO-supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. Issues with the primary and secondary conductivity sensors were observed in the first 3 casts of the CTD deployment. To resolve these issues, the primary and secondary conductivity sensors were replaced. Subsequently, casts 4-22 were treated as a different deployment group. Casts 5 and 6 were diagnostic casts. The final conductivity calibration was based on a two-deployment groupings. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0011575 PSU, and 0.001534 PSU respectively, well within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1-decibar binned averages were produced using data from the primary sensors. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.76684μM. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. An Altimeter, PAR, Transmissometer, Fluorometer, and Turbidity sensor were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were subsequently processed (quality-controlled), and archived by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2021_V03, titled: "Integrated Marine Observing System: monitoring of East Australian Current property transports at 27o S." The voyage took place between May 8 and June 3, 2021 departing from Hobart (TAS) and arriving in Brisbane (QLD). Data for 36 deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 24, fitted with 19 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration was based on a single deployment grouping. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0019084 PSU, when rounded this is outside our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’, so the cut-off was adjusted to 0.003 PSU. The standard product of 1 decibar binned averaged were produced using data from the primary sensors. Cast 10 was ended prematurely so CapPro could not process cast properly. To overcome this, in MATLAB, the end of cast 9 was attached to the end of cast 10. This data will not appear in the raw files from SeaSave and should not affect processing, as CapPro will remove out of water data before processing but needs this data to find the end of the cast. During cast 12 the CTD landed on the bottom of the ocean floor, no damage was found, and all subsequent casts performed as expected. Prior to cast 31, due to some discrepancies between the primary and secondary sensors, the Seagoing Instrumentation Team swapped the secondary pump. This resolved the particular issue. Bottle seven had intermittent problems firing reliably. Initially the release magnet was swapped and all further casts had a backup fired with bottle 7, however it was later found that the root cause was corrosion under the epoxy. As a precaution, the whole trigger mechanism was swapped. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.84461μM. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. PAR, Transmissometer, CDOM, Altimeter and Ecotriplet were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2018_V04, titled: "Constraining external iron inputs and cycling in the southern extension of the East Australian Current." The voyage took place from Hobart (TAS) to Hobart between September 11 and October 8, 2018. Data for 25 deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 24, fitted with 36 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The final conductivity calibration was based on a single deployment grouping. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0012361 PSU, well within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1 decibar binned averaged were produced using data from the primary sensors. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.7997µM. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. A Wetlabs CSTAR Transmissometer, Chelsea Aquatracka III Fluorometer, Wetlabs CDOM Fluorometer, and PAR sensor were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2018_T01 titled: "Physical and biogeochemical gradients in the East Australian Current." The voyage took place between April 6 and April 14, 2018 departing from Hobart (TAS) and arriving in Brisbane (QLD). Data for 21 deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD 24, fitted with 36 twelve litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures and preliminary conductivity values. CSIRO -supplied calibrations were applied to the temperature data. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The Salinometer was found to have been malfunctioning and not reliably reporting results on IN2018_T01. The final conductivity calibration was based on calibrations derived on the subsequent voyage: IN2018_V03. The final calibration from the primary sensor had a standard deviation (SD) of 0.0013986 PSU for the primary and 0.0014150 PSU for the secondary, well within our target of ‘better than 0.002 PSU’. The standard product of 1 decibar binned averaged were produced using data from the primary sensors with secondary sensors included with the suffix ‘_2’. The dissolved oxygen data calibration fit had a SD of 0.70186 uM for the primary and 0.81698 uM for the secondary. The agreement between the CTD and bottle data was good. Fluorometer, Altimeter, Transmissometer and PAR sensors were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. The collected data were subsequently processed and archived within the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.